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Water beading on a boiling-water-proof plywood panel

Boiling water proof, phenolic bonded

BWP Plywood

Boiling water proof plywood bonded with phenol formaldehyde resin for locations that see standing water, steam or sustained humidity — kitchens, bathrooms and external-facing joinery.

Specifying bwp plywood

What to know before you order

BWP describes the adhesive, not the strength. A phenolic bond holds at the glue line through repeated wetting and drying, which is the failure mode that ends most panels in a wet location.

This is the correct specification for a kitchen base carcass, a bathroom vanity, or any joinery against an external wall. It is over-specification for a bedroom wardrobe, and we will say so if you ask.

Seal every cut edge regardless of grade. An unsealed edge is the entry point that undoes an otherwise correct specification.

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